Character comedy
Character comedy is a genre in which a comedian performs as a character they have created.
List of character comedians
Notable character comedians include:
- Barry Humphries - Played Dame Edna Everage
- Tim Allen – Plays a handyman in Home Improvement and his stand-up routines
- Rowan Atkinson – Plays Mr. Bean
- Colleen Ballinger – Plays the talentless and cocky Miranda Sings
- Maria Bamford – Plays a neurotic version of herself in her stand-up shows
- George Carlin – Played Al Sleet the "hippy-dippy weatherman" in his stand-up routine
- Jim Carrey – Often portrays a hyperactive maniac
- Charlie Chaplin – Played The Tramp
- Andrew Dice Clay – Has played the "Diceman" character for most of his stand-up career
- Sacha Baron Cohen – Plays Ali G, Borat, and Brüno, among others; mostly avoided public appearances and out-of-character interviews until the mid-2010s
- Stephen Colbert – Performed a fictional version of himself on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
- Steve Coogan – Plays various characters, most notably Alan Partridge
- Leigh Francis – Plays original characters such as Keith Lemon and various parodies of celebrities
- Ricky Gervais – Plays various characters
- Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson – Perform live stand-up as the characters from their comedy series Broad City
- Andy Kaufman – Played various characters
- Chris Lilley – Played Ja'mie King, Mr G, and Jonah Takalua on the miniseries Summer Heights High
- Harold Lloyd - Played Lonesome Luke and Glasses Character
- Sam Lloyd – Plays various characters
- Anders Matthesen – Plays various characters, some of which starred in the 2004 film Terkel in Trouble
- George Miller – Played and created various characters, most famously Filthy Frank and Pink Guy
- Joe Pera – Plays a version of himself in Joe Pera Talks With You (TV series) and his stand-up routines
- Paul Reubens – Plays Pee-wee Herman
- Martin Short – Played Jiminy Glick, Irving Cohen, Ed Grimley, Nathan Thurm, and various others[1]
- Sarah Silverman – Played a dim-witted and naïve character who treads insensitively through controversial topics in her early stand-up shows
- Catherine Tate – Plays various characters, mostly in The Catherine Tate Show
- Jane Turner and Gina Riley – Play various characters such as Kath Day-Knight and Kim Craig from Kath & Kim, and rarely make out-of-character public appearances[2]
- Tracey Ullman – Plays various characters
- Jim Varney – Plays Ernest P. Worrell and Aunty Nelda in various productions
- María Elena Velasco – Played La India María
- Tom Walker – Plays Jonathan Pie
- Bobcat Goldthwait –Played a crazed comic with a loud and wild voice. He played up that character as Officer Zed in Police Academy.
References
- "Martin Short". The Second City. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
- "How long can it go on?". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 October 2007.
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